Current legal challenges to institutional governance of transboundary water resources in Central Asia and joint management arrangements

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 887-896

  Janusz Pawletta, Barbara ^a  

^a German Academic Exchange Service   (Kazakhstan)

Author keywords

Joint water management arrangement; Water governance

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL ASIA; REGIONAL LEVELS; SOVIET UNION; TRANS-BOUNDARY RIVERS; TRANSBOUNDARY BASINS; TRANSBOUNDARY WATER; TRANSBOUNDARY WATER RESOURCES; WATER GOVERNANCE;

WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84920705690     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-014-3471-7     Document Type: Article

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